Crime Statistics for Bottesford, Messingham, North Lincolnshire, 2024

There were a total of 97 street level crime incidents in Bottesford in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bottesford, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	45
Criminal Damage Arson	17
Burglary	8
Shoplifting	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Theft	5
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Public Order	3
Other Crime	2
Drugs	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	97

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bottesford. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bottesford

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bottesford and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bottesford has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Frodingham (2.48 miles)	427
Brumby (1.24 miles)	342
Ashby (0.62 miles)	227
Crosby (2.78 miles)	172
Bottesford	97
Althorpe (3.92 miles)	7
Burringham (3.92 miles)	7
Eau (2.85 miles)	2
Greetwell (3.61 miles)	0
Manton Warren (2.77 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Bottesford?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bottesford and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Frodingham	161
Brumby	142
Ashby	98
Crosby	63
Bottesford	45
Althorpe	2
Burringham	2
Eau	1
Greetwell	0
Manton Warren	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bottesford?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bottesford to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bottesford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bottesford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bottesford is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Brumby	92
2	Town	80
3	Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens	73
4	Frodingham	73
5	Crosby and Park	72
6	Burringham and Gunness	67
7	Ashby	66
8	Burton upon Stather and Winterton	36
9	Bottesford	36
10	Ridge	33
11	Scotter and Blyton	14

Which road in Bottesford has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bottesford with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Fir Close.